History of microscopy Flashcards
1
Q
The year the first compound
microscope was created
A
1590
2
Q
used a compound
microscope to observe
pores in cork and when
A
1655 – Robert Hooke
3
Q
What did Robert Hooke call the pores he observed in a cork?
A
cells
4
Q
1st to see single-celled organisms in pond water and what were they called?
A
Antoine van Leeuwenhoek; animalcules
5
Q
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